It Only Takes A Second! - Real Mum story on MoM

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A friend of mine had left her 3 year old and 18 month old with her 65 year old mother for the day. Whilst out walking in a hilly park area the three year old was acting-up and threw a stick right at the baby. So the granny rushed over to the three year old to stop her. In the meantime the buggy rolled away behind her, right down the hill and off a fair drop into a stream. When the Granny got to the edge of the drop the buggy (and baby) were face down in the murky water! Within a minute or so a passerby jumped in and pulled the baby out. The baby was breathing but blue. Thanking the Rescuer the Granny took the kids home for a warm bath. My friend never took the child to have them checked,!!! Please tell me I am not the only one who would’ve had the child straight to the local accident and emergency dept!?

Posted anonymously, 3rd October 2014

13 Comments

- - june11 said
  - 20 Mar 2016
    2:56 pm
I definitely would have taken the baby to have his/her lungs checked to make sure she hadn’t inhaled or drunk the water. It can cause secondary drowning……..or pneumonia.

- - deb_gs said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    6:00 pm
Wow, after it is like a scene from a movie. Glad the children are alright. Offending a grandparent is better than not getting your child checked.

- - mom111362 said
  - 05 Feb 2015
    3:35 pm
og yes def it they were blue! poor bubba. how scary. could of got pneumonia

- - jessmumof3 said
  - 23 Oct 2014
    11:07 pm
I would definitely take the baby to hospital just to be safe but its really hard for grandparents they do their best just always take their age into consideration

- - mrsgreen12 said
  - 23 Oct 2014
    5:53 pm
omg how scary!
This terrifies me. So much can happen in such a short time!

- - LKazimoglu said
  - 05 Oct 2014
    11:06 am
Thanks ladies! Just to say bub was fine in the end. But I still believe they should’ve checked him out! What if he’d had secondary drowning!!? Doesn’t bare thinking about!
- ashblonde replied
  
  07 Oct 2014 , 11:46 am
  So pleased that the bub in fine, sounds like quick recovery of the pass byer saved him.
- - BellaB said
  - 04 Oct 2014
    5:27 pm
I would definitely have had them checked.

- - cherz said
  - 04 Oct 2014
    2:17 pm
Oh my ..I do hope bub is well and OK. I have to agree a trip to the ER or Doc’s would be a must and although I do believe the granny was probably upset and shocked I feel that she should have taken bub to the ER.

- - trishoet said
  - 04 Oct 2014
    1:29 pm
I completely freaked out while reading this!! I definitely would’ve taken the poor baby to get checked out. Better safe than sorry but I do hope all well is with bub

- - ashblonde said
  - 04 Oct 2014
    9:24 am
Definitely have the child checked out, my ex boss’s child fell into a pool & was only seconds getting the child out & he suffered brain damage for the lack of oxygen to the brain.

- - mom56842 said
  - 03 Oct 2014
    9:45 pm
Definitely with you on this one.

- - mom57522 said
  - 03 Oct 2014
    8:33 pm
For peace of mind it would have been a trip to the A & E for sure.